Estimating

1(a) Estimate 3.9 × 11.1

[2 marks]

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1(b) Estimate 2001 × 31.01

[2 marks]

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1(c) Estimate 49.53 × 120.12

[2 marks]

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2 Tom sells 1506 books at a cost of £6.95

Estimate the total amount of money Tom has made from selling his books.
[2 marks]

Answer: £

3 Sarah needs to buy 30 packs of printer paper and 42 printer ink cartridges.
Each pack of printer paper costs £1.75 and ink cartridges cost £4 each.
Estimate how much these items will cost.
[3 marks]

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4(a) Work out an estimate for:

24.38 × 3.1
3.89 × 2.1

[3 marks]

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4(b) Work out an estimate for:

30.11 + 19.3
1.22 × 5.23

[3 marks]

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4(c) Work out an estimate for:

20.2 × 99.5
11.11 − 5.95

[3 marks]

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5 Jake is buying tiles for his floor.

His floor is 5.78 m × 7.98 m

5(a) Estimate the area of Jake’s floor.

[2 marks]

Answer m2

5(b) Was this estimate an over or under estimate?

Give a reason for your answer.
[2 marks]

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6(a) James runs half a mile and records his time at 6.23 minutes.
Estimate how long it would take for James to run 10 miles.
[2 marks]

Answer minutes

6(b) James goes for another for 1 mile and records his time as 12.89 minutes.
He estimates that he can run 10 miles in 2 hours.
Is James correct?
Give a reason for your answer.
[3 marks]

Answer £:

7 Jonah has 394 guests, and each requires one glass of juice each.
Estimate how many cartons of juice he will need if each carton has enough to fill 9.5
glasses.
[2 marks]

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